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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow a 12-Year-Old Homeless Girl Helped More Than 400 Children Find Safer Shelter
http://www.care2.com/causes/how-a-12-year-old-homeless-girl-helped-more-than-400-children-find-safer-shelter.html
by Crystal Shepeard March 26, 2014 4:00 pm
The idea of having to navigate cockroaches, mice, no heat and sexual predators before you even leave for school is not something any child should go through. Yet, this is the daily life for hundreds of children living in two shelters in New York City and Brooklyn. They are part of the more than 22,000 children that make up New York Citys homeless population.
Now, after more than a decade of repeated citations for deplorable conditions, more than 400 children and their families are being moved from the city-owned facilities all because of a determined 12-year-old girl.
Chanel couldnt afford the luxury of buying water in a bottle. When the water with the fancy name started arriving in the bodegas of her Brooklyn neighborhood, she felt that it represented a certain status in life she could never imagine. When her first child was born a short time later, she gave her the name Dasani, with the hope it would give her a chance in life.
Twelve years later, Dasani would be standing on stage at the swearing in of the 109th mayor of New York City and be the subject of a major profile in the New York Times.
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How a 12-Year-Old Homeless Girl Helped More Than 400 Children Find Safer Shelter (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Mar 2014
OP
The thing I see is no one has a problem with the words "12 year old homeless girl."
Nanjing to Seoul
Mar 2014
#1
It's not much, but just a little hope for a better life for the children.
mountain grammy
Mar 2014
#2
Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)1. The thing I see is no one has a problem with the words "12 year old homeless girl."
Or the fact that there are 22K homeless children in NYC alone.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)3. As I type this one in five US children went to bed without food...
Something like one in ten have no home of their own -- they live in their parent's car, a friend's house, or in a shelter. And THIS, apparently, is the best we can do. We know the Republicans don't give a fuck, but we shouldn't pretend out side is any better.
mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)2. It's not much, but just a little hope for a better life for the children.
Would like to see Bloomberg survive a day in the shelters. I hope his dreams are haunted.
Omaha Steve
(99,635 posts)4. Kick